Ann Foster, NCPS

Ann Foster is a psychotherapeutic counsellor with nine years of experience based in the United Kingdom. She works from a relational stance and aims to keep each session led by the client's needs and goals. Her approach emphasises respect, acceptance, empathy and compassion in every encounter.

She uses Client-Centred Therapy alongside Narrative Therapy and Trauma-Focused methods to help people make sense of difficult experiences. Sessions focus on what the person wants to change and on practical steps they can try between meetings. Work can include coping with anxiety or depression, grieving loss, managing stress, and handling relationship or intimacy concerns.

Ann has supported people through more complex issues such as trauma and abuse, bipolar mood difficulties, and compassion fatigue. She also helps with life transitions including career shifts, parenting strain, and ageing-related worries. In addition, she addresses concerns around body image, eating, and communication problems.

Her practice uses a collaborative process to build a plan around each person's situation. That plan is shaped by the client's priorities and reviewed as progress is made. The aim is to help people find clearer ways of coping and making choices that feel more manageable.

Ann holds the NCPS credential, which she uses to frame her professional standing in the UK. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to her availability.

How Ann’s approaches translate to online counselling

Client-Centred Therapy places the person and their experience at the centre of sessions, offering a space to be heard and understood without judgement; it can help with stress, low mood and relationship worries. Narrative Therapy works by separating the person from the problem and re-writing difficult stories, which can support change around identity, self-esteem and life transitions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs with the person and decide together which methods to try. This collaborative conversation helps tailor sessions so they feel relevant and manageable.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make fitting sessions into daily life easier by reducing travel and allowing more flexible timing. It can also allow for shorter check-ins when time is limited, or sessions without video when bandwidth or visual presence is a concern. Registered or accredited professionals often aim to adapt the pace and style of work to suit each person's routine and responsibilities.